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1261-00-00-Bohemia

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Date startStart date of the disease. 1261 +
Date endEnd date of the disease. +
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
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PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease.
RegionHistorical region(s) Bohemia
CountryCurrent country
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Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease
LanguageLanguage of the original text Latin
KeywordFurther keyword(s) Flagellants
last edited 19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

Flagellants appear in Bohemia.

Text originalOriginal text

Ibant flagellatores, que secta nescio a quo spiritu processerat; set multi nostri noti in eam ibant pura intencione et sincera devocione. Procedebant namque turmatim hinc et inde per ecclesias, precedentibus vexillis et cereis ardentibus, precinentibus duobus, ceteris respondentibus, stantes nudi et affligentes se flagellis, panno qualicunque succinctos lumbos et velata capita habentes.

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

The flagellants went about, a sect that I do not know from what spirit it had arisen; but many of our acquaintances joined it with pure intention and sincere devotion. For they proceeded in groups here and there through the churches, with banners and burning candles going before, two leading with singing, the others responding, standing naked and beating themselves with whips, having their loins girded with some kind of cloth and their heads covered

References

  1. ^ Heinrici de Heimburg annales 
  2. ^ Translation by Martin Bauch 

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